Prom Dress Disaster

You don't have to say anything different. You're repeating your original points because they haven't been acknowledged first time round.

*We didn't have this bollocks when I was at school. We had a ball at university, and even then we just picked dresses off the rack, or even (gasp) wore one we already had in the closet or borrowed from someone.

Way too much pressure, buildup and emotion invested in this prom stuff.*

Not sure that's any help to OP really.

We didn't have this bollocks when I was at school. We had a ball at university, and even then we just picked dresses off the rack, or even (gasp) wore one we already had in the closet or borrowed from someone.

Way too much pressure, buildup and emotion invested in this prom stuff.

I wouldn't speak to them. Keep everything in writing.

OP they're pushing you just like they pushed you before.

You could reply with an email if it's easier

" Thank you for your voicemail but....."

I don't think that the op is coming back to the thread.

Did they reply to you op?

@Headinthecloudsfeetinthemud

so when the shop promised it.would he ready at a certain day and time and it wasn't. Its somehow OPs fault because she should make sure its ready 2 days before? How can a customer control when a business fulfills the job? How about a business doesn't promise what it can't deliver, makes good any errors, is truthful and realistic about timescales and actually gives good service?

There was also a specific reason the dress needed to be altered and not done 3 months before. I suggest you read a the posts and thread to discover this, as many of us have done before commenting to avoid looking stupid.

So do tell us all as you are clearly superior to the rest of us, what would you have done one hour before the prom, when the transport arrives and you've not had sufficient time to try on the dress and your daughter is stood there all excited to go to her prom? What would you say to your daughter and what exactly would you do?

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@sunglassesonthetable totally tagged the wrong person!! Sorry!

So do tell us all as you are clearly superior to the rest of us, what would you have done one hour before the prom, when the transport arrives and you've not had sufficient time to try on the dress and your daughter is stood there all excited to go to her prom? What would you say to your daughter and what exactly would you do?

But agree with you ! I've commented all through this thread😃

@sunglassesonthetable so when the shop promised it.would he ready at a certain day and time and it wasn't. Its somehow OPs fault because she should make sure its ready 2 days before? How can a customer control when a business fulfills the job? How about a business doesn't promise what it can't deliver, makes good any errors, is truthful and realistic about timescales and actually gives good service?

There was also a specific reason the dress needed to be altered and not done 3 months before. I suggest you read a the posts and thread to discover this, as many of us have done before commenting to avoid looking stupid.

So do tell us all as you are clearly superior to the rest of us, what would you have done one hour before the prom, when the transport arrives and you've not had sufficient time to try on the dress and your daughter is stood there all excited to go to her prom? What would you say to your daughter and what exactly would you do?

This is the original post. The dress was an hour later than deadline, however the daughter was asked to try it on (therefore, she was given the opportunity) and the mother confirmed it was “fine”. Please, do explain how I’ve got it wrong.

Have you RTFT? You don't sound like you have.

Eventually, after a couple of messages and a phone call, the prom lady turns up with dress at 5pm. She asked my daughter to try the dress on to make sure it fitted. I was more worried that the dress would be too small now that it had been altered, so when she got it on and it wasn't too small I said it was fine and I could tighten it in with the corset . We were so relieved she had a dress. At that moment the other mum turned up to take them to the preprom party so the prom lady left.

This is the original post. The dress was an hour later than deadline, however the daughter was asked to try it on (therefore, she was given the opportunity) and the mother confirmed it was “fine”. Please, do explain how I’ve got it wrong.

You accepted the dress. You sent your daughter out in it. Your fault. You apologise to your daughter and put it behind you. Maybe the lesson to be learned is that you buy a dress that fits and if it doesn't you make sure you are getting it back 2 days before so you have time to get something off the peg as a backup. Then you reject original dress as not kept to contract. But please get over it!

Well you didn't don't read the thread did you!😁

Don't know your consumer rights either.

You accepted the dress. You sent your daughter out in it. Your fault. You apologise to your daughter and put it behind you. Maybe the lesson to be learned is that you buy a dress that fits and if it doesn't you make sure you are getting it back 2 days before so you have time to get something off the peg as a backup. Then you reject original dress as not kept to contract. But please get over it!

@Headinthecloudsfeetinthemud had the opportunity? The dress shop assistant arrived an hour late. It wasn't even the seamstress, it was someone else so no alternations could have been done. They were rushing and due to leave. The woman from the dress shop put them under pressure and didn't give a fair amount of time for the dress to be tried on. She simply delivered it and that was all. By this time OPs daughter has no options but wear an ill fitting dress, go in jeans or whatever or not go at all!! Hobnobs choice indeed!

Where was the "opporrunity"?!

Plus totally patronising "use this as a learning opportunity". Wow.

You said it yourself - you were given the opportunity to try on the dress and you said it was fine. Use this as a learning opportunity.

Poor girl x but It wasn’t right and shouldn’t have been accepted but what would DD have worn ☹️

Op have you heard anything?

My mistake. I tagged @WimbyAce in the above post when it should have been @Suburbitonian .

Apologies.

@WimbyAce - Hallowe'en is the anglicised version of Samhain which in Irish is the month of November. The last day of October is the eve (e'en) of November so Hallowe'en.

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9s78hv/articles/zr4hhbk

Hallowe'enIt's very much a Celtic (with a hard C not a soft one like the Scottish football club) tradition that migrated to the US and I'd say that Hallmark took it as a suitable holiday/tradition to market and boy have they done a good job of it.

Halloween is not an American import. The Scot’s and Irish took it to the States. It has always been big in Scotland and Ireland.